Restriction on the de-reservation of forests or use of forest land for
non-forest purpose. - Notwithstanding anything contained in any other ... Restriction on the de-reservation of forests or use of forest land for
non-forest purpose.-
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other
Plot A-350, is "Forest Land". According to the Forest Department, Survey
No.134 is a "Private Forest" because, in relation ... take away, after a few decades,
private land on the ostensible ground that it is a
private forest. Section 2(f)(iii) of the Private
first being that Survey No.155/5 is
declared as a private forest and the second being the permissions granted
by the TCP Department violate ... ground that the Survey No.155/5 is declared as a
private forest, our attention is invited by Mr De Sa to the communication
from
Committee for
identification of Private Forest by applying the three criteria laid
down; viz., 75% forest species, contiguous forest of 5 hectares and
canopy density ... report being submitted
by the Forest Department to the High Court on conducting
demarcation of non-forest area to forest area and the report identified
clause as "818R") is not a forest or a private forest and the same have never
vested in the State of Maharashtra under ... provisions of the Maharashtra
Private Forest (Acquisition) Act, 1975 (for short "the said Act").
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matter of declaration order under section
22A of Maharashtra Private Forest (Acquisition) Act 1975
relating the petitioner land bearing Survey No 15, Hissa ... Thane form the declaration made under section 22-A of
Maharashtra Private Forest (Acquisition) Act, 1975.
(c) That this Hon'ble court be pleased
mutated by Mutation Entry No.
226.
3.1. State Government enacted Maharashtra Private Forests
(Acquisition) Act, 1975 and on 30.08.1975 acquired Survey No.38,
Hissa ... return of said lands as they did not form part of private
forests and did not vest in the State Government. Writ Petition
No.2563
carry out demarcation of the area of
4.68 HA identiied as private forest in Survey No.97/1 in village
Talaulim identiied by the Deepshikha ... exhaustive exercise was carried out to demarcate
the private forest and it is not in dispute that the last review
committee under the edges
Petitioner. However prior thereto on the enactment
of the Maharashtra Private Forests (Acquisition) Act, 1975 (for short
'the said Act'), the entire land ... belonging to Pandurang Tukaram Jadhav
and 3 others was declared as Private Forest.
4. Ms. Joshi, learned Advocate appearing for Petitioner would
draw my attention
below: -
Section 2 . Restriction on the dereservation of forests or
use of forest land for non-forest purpose.
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other ... such forest land or waste land as protected
forest, the provisions of Chapter IV of the Forest Act , titled "Of
Protected Forests" would
